Pontiac Near State Fruit Men Focus on Corn Borer Cleanup
The 1928 European corn borer cleanup area covers 32 counties and parts of five more in Michigan. Regulations require disposal of all corn stubs harboring borers before May 1 and destruction of coarse weeds. two inch corn stubble is exempt in clean corn fields. Extra labor payments hinge on action by Congress. A Pontiac meeting of the Michigan State Horticultural Society on February 28–29 will hear talks from Michigan and neighboring state fruit leaders, with topics on soils, orchard practices, pollination, and insect control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleibert TE. Powell
Alcoia
Alpena
Arenas, Bay
Barry
Calhoun
Clinton
Eaton
Genessee
Hillsdale
Huron
Ingham
Josco
Jackson
Lapeer
Lanawee
Livingston
Macomb
Monros
Montmorenay
Oakland
Oseman
Osconda
Presque Isle
Saginaw
Sanillac
Shiawassee
St. Clair
Tuscola
Wayne
Washtenaw
Cheboygan
Gledwin
Kalamages
Island
St Joseph Counties
Powell
Congress
Com ‘Risoner Powell
House of Representatives
Michigan State Horticultural, Society
Rooer Welt
Pontiac
H. D. Hootman
Se.ieary
Bieny
Michigan
John Sims
Michigan State
W. S. Toothacher
Birmingham
R. J. Coryell
Rei
Isage B
F. Primer
Onteoto
Canada
Tuttle
Detroit
Michigan State College
Pank Farnsworth
Watervine
Ohio
G. V. Branch
Hoon
Mooreville and area social notes reflect gatherings and health
Mrs Jennie Forsythe visits with son Clifford and family. Wave Austin stays with Irene Lewis. Dan Murray family ill with colds. Mooreville P T A to meet Friday. Ernest Greenfield to sell due to ill health February 21. Everett Whipple party in Plymouth. Mooreville Dance Club met at Charles Hale's. Mrs Richard Mooney had surgery in Highland Park General. Ralph Long and Ila Jean visit his parents. Houses being wired for electric lights. Mrs Nellis Holcomb helping at Fred Lewis’s while Irene is ill. Mr and Mrs Chester Hibarger hosted in Milan. Aaron Westfall family visited Ernest Dieterle. George Goldsmith party attended by Gus Goldsmith and John Dee. Margaret Holcomb visited parents in Ypsilanti Normal. Mrs Fred Lewis recovering from surgery. Emily Anderson nurses. Gus and Zitella Goldsmith visited Lottie Goodell in Lansing for ear treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Forsythe
Clifford
Wave Austin
Irene Lewis
Dan Murray
Mooreville P. T. A
Ernest Greenfield
Mirst Everett Whipple
Plymouth
Moorevville
Moorevville Dance Club Met At the Home of Charles Hale
Richard Mooney
Highland Park General Hospital
Detroit
Ralbh Long
Ila Jean
Burton
Long
Clinton Torrey
Forsythe
Gus Grams
Nellis Holcomb
Fred Lewis
Irene
Lewis
Chester Hibarger
Roy Richards
Milan
Aaron, Westfall
Ann Arbor
Ernest Dieterle
Gus Goldsmith
John Dee
George Goldsmith
Margaret Holcomb
Ypsilan
II Normal
Frank Holcomb
Harlan
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Emily Anderson
Zitella Goldsmith
Lottie Goodell
Lansing
Craig and Drum Trip as Auction Starts at 10
South Saline residents describe a busy weekend with visits from Floyd Cross of Ann Arbor. The David Sloss auction sale begins at 10 this morning February 16, after a day of social calls at Hugh Craig and Adolph Drum homes. Lunch is served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Craig
Floyd Cross
Ann ‘Arbor
Albert Cross
Frank Stilts
Donald
Hugh ‘Craig
Hugh Craig
Adolph Drum
North Adams
Us Metzger
David Sloss
Local notices and community events from Addison Courier
Claire and Clifton Gilbert are on the sick list. Harold Hammond visited Detroit on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carr and family visited the Smiths. Several locals hosted visits and dinners across Ypsilanti East Lansing Ann Arbor and Clayton. The February Forbes school meeting included singing a spelldown with Miss Julia Gordon and Miss Ruth Trout as victors. A birthday gathering for Miss Mary Sage drew many neighbors with a potluck. Ham mond P T A met February 6 with a long program and supper for about seventy. Oscar A. Anderson of Clayton pled guilty to selling coal short weight paying a $100 fine and $5 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire
Clifton __ Gilbert
Harold Hammond
Detroit
Clarence Carr
Jakob Smith
Mary McMann
Ela. Wevels Pearson
East Lansing
Arthur Hagen
Ann Arbor
George Needham
Everett Monroe
Peters
Ypsilanti
Mesa Gordon
Ellen Collins
Glenn Gordon
Forbes School
Julia Gordon
Ruth Trout
Mary Sage
Miss Sage
and Mars
Milan Avery
Will Avery
Revilo Sage
LeRoy Heilman
Karl Hellman
Addie Crittenden
George McGuire
Fred Robison
Clarissa Frost
John Crittenden
C. F. Heilman
Dejos Biddie
E. M. Gilbert
Juanita
Garnet Carr
S. T. Dunk
Hina Craig
Garnet Cain
Elmira Rhoades
Floyd
Robert Hammond
Elia McMann
S. Finkhbeiner
Otto Hanson
Oscar A. Anderson
Clayton
S. W. Bennett
Adrian Telegram
Anderson
Hudson and
Morenci
Kidddison
House
Decige
Clayton “Masnate
Addison ‘Courier
Stark Men Produce Fine Crop of Corn in Michigan Contest
Article notes a 107 bushels per acre shell corn yield by Paul C. Clement on a Lenawee county farm in 1927, winning the Michigan five acre growing contest sweepstakes for region 1. Region 2 and 3 placings listed, with Roscoe Waldron and George Ray among top finishers. Fertilizers and clover alfalfa rotation cited as factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Clement
Lenawée
Mr. Clement
Michigan
Roscoe Waldron
Otto Wegner
Riga
George Bruce
Britton
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Willia
Xpstlanti Little Farms
Bill
Horticultural Society
presiCig
West Mooreville
South Saline
Hammond District
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